Vermont dairy workers with Migrant Justice celebrate second anniversary of launch of Milk with Dignity Program... BREAKING! Vermont farmworkers call on supermarket giant Hannaford to join groundbreaking Milk with Dignity Program! Over 150 farmworkers and their allies march in the streets of Burlington, VT, last Thursday, October 3rd, calling on supermarket giant Hannaford to join the groundbreaking Milk with Dignity Program. Vermont dairy workers with Migrant Justice celebrate second anniversary of launch of Milk with Dignity Program with march calling on Hannaford to join and “aid in the program’s expansion”; Matt Maxwell, a farm owner enrolled in Milk with Dignity: “The Milk with Dignity Program allows us to pay the people that do these very important jobs an acceptable wage. Since joining Milk with Dignity our farm has maintained an 85% employee retention rate. Less turnover has led to higher morale and greater workplace continuity. The program has helped us make huge strides [as an] employer.” On October 3rd, 2017, farmworkers in Vermont joined the CEO of the iconic ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s for a press conference in the state capital of Burlington to make an historic announcement: Ben & Jerry’s and the workers’ organization, Migrant Justice, were joining forces to launch an exciting new, Worker-driven Social Responsibility (WSR) program, called Milk with Dignity, to monitor and enforce farmworkers’ fundamental human rights in the Vermont dairy industry. Two years later, on October 3rd, 2019, Migrant Justice returned to the streets of Burlington to celebrate the second anniversary of that announcement; to highlight the program’s extraordinary accomplishments over its first years of operation; and to call on Northeast supermarket chain Hannaford to join the Milk with Dignity Program and help expand its historic human rights protections. Protesters gather in front of a Hannaford store in Burlington during last Thursday’s march. Roots in the Fair Food Program… Hannaford’s parent company is the Dutch supermarket conglomerate Ahold-Delhaize, a name that may ring familiar to many in the Fair Food Nation, as Ahold grocery chains Giant and Stop & Shop joined the Fair Food Program in 2015. But that is not the only connection between last week’s big march in Burlington and the Fair Food Program. While the Milk with Dignity Program represents the culmination of years of tireless struggle by countless farmworkers and consumers demanding a more just dairy industry, it also represents the first significant expansion of the Fair Food Program model launched in 2011 in Florida’s tomato fields... Read more about the Milk with Dignity Campaign launch over at the CIW website! Coalition of Immokalee Workers (239) 657 8311 | [email protected] | www.ciw-online.org Connect with us ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ A copy of the CIW's official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Florida Division of Consumer Services by calling toll-free 1-800-HELP-FLA (435-7352). Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state. The website for the Florida Division of Consumer Services is [link removed] Coalition of Immokalee Workers | 110 S 2nd St, Immokalee, FL 34142 Unsubscribe [email protected] About Constant Contact Sent by [email protected] in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today!